“My biggest fear is I’m going to get home and she’ll be dead," said Cadence Nance, 12, of her mother. Across a country held in the grips of an opioid crisis, chaos, trauma and grief have become the norm for children whose parents are addicted to the drugs. In other news on the crisis: painkillers for new moms, Johnson & Johnson's track record of weathering trouble, an upcoming lawsuit, and more.
from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2W7R6Sd
June 03, 2019
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